Guardian Cap comment at my house..."He looks like a mushroom"

You mean cuck cap.

I giggle when I see them but respect the dudes that wear them.

They sure do stick out.

They look like peewee leaguers with those things on. “Hey, it’s Lakeshore vs. Cleary on TV.”

I always think of Suleiman the Magnificent

It reminds me of Goldeneye on the N64 with big head mode enabled

God forbid players want to avoid CTE

You mean the "disease" that the Nigerian doctor lied and embellished about?

TigerDroppings is absolutely one of the main places where that "cuck cap" insult gained massive traction.

If you spend any time on the SEC Rant or the TigerDroppings boards, you'll see users calling them "cuck caps" constantly.

The logic behind the nickname on those boards usually boils down to:

Aesthetics: They think the caps look silly and "soft."

"Old School" Grit: A lot of the posters there feel that adding extra padding to helmets is emasculating the game or making it "soft," hence the use of "cuck" as a derogatory label for anything they perceive as weak or overly cautious.

Anti-Authority Sentiment: There’s often a heckin' lot of pushback against new safety mandates from the NFL or NCAA on those forums, so the nickname stuck as a way to mock the "safety-first" culture.

So, while the term "cuck" has been a staple of internet slang for ages, TigerDroppings is definitely a primary "breeding ground" for applying it specifically to Guardian Caps. It's basically the go-to term on there whenever a player hits a dong while wearing one.

You should have to sit out a quarter if you choose to wear that garbage.